Order Sea anemone | Scientific name Calliactis | |
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Similar Sea anemone, Calliactis polypus, Calliactis tricolor, Dardanus, Hormathiidae | ||
Calliactis is a genus of sea anemones. Species in this genus are mutually symbiotic with hermit crabs. The anemone gets a place to live and discarded scraps of the crab's food in exchange for its help in defending the crab.
Species
Species within the genus include:
References
Calliactis Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA